Polished Indulgence: Nail Art Wednesday: Peppermint Candy Inspired Red and White Nails

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Nail Art Wednesday: Peppermint Candy Inspired Red and White Nails

One of the best things about the holidays are the Christmas treats that we can all rely on to appear every year. Now, I'm not particularly fond of eggnog (I'm thinking I have yet to taste a really good recipe for it and the one you buy in cartons just aren't the best) but the gajillion chocolate treats that pop up each year are definitely a big hit! One of my favorite drinks from coffee shops is their cafe mocha (no surprise there), but with a dash of peppermint, it suddenly says "Happy Holidays"! Isn't it funny how certain food/tastes convey different events? Like turkey is to Thanksgiving, so is peppermint is to Christmas! It happened that I was munching on a peppermint candy cane while brainstorming ideas for holiday nail art. This is what I ended up doing:

Peppermint Candy Canes and Peppermint Candy inspired nails

What I Used:
Red: NYC In a New York Minute Madison Avenue
White: Wet N Wild French White Creme

How I Did It:

I was really just experimenting when I did this and I had to work fast to make sure the polishes didn't dry until I'd done the swirling. If you're wondering, I particularly chose the polishes I used for their close-to-watery consistency as that makes it somewhat easier to swirl the colors together. Also, you'll need to work fast so it will be best to do one nail at a time.

I was hoping for a more peppermint candy swirl effect but since I randomly did the swirling, I also ended up with random patterns. In hindsight, it might've been best to start my swirling at the middle of the white dot in the centre and make strokes in a "C" curve towards the nail edges and repeat it, forming a radiating pattern of "C"s throughout the nail. That might give me the peppermint candy swirl effect I wanted.